West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-20
FoRTY-NINrH CONGRESS.

aaw for Bay City was nou-concurrsd Ia and
a conference asked.
Mr.. Brown, from tho Committee on the
District OF Columbia, reported back. flvora,
bly, the House bill TO incorporate Trustees
u the Young womens Christian Home Of
Washington, ID. c. Calendar.
Mr.. gals introduced bill granting ar,
'ears in certain cases to those peusionei hy
special acts,
Mr.. Cullom made motion 20 proceed
with the consideration of the conference re,
port on the Interstate Commerce bill This
was agreed by vote OF 81 to l2 Those vos>
ing in the negative were Messrs, Blair. Cam
sron, Chace, Frye, HOwley, Hoar, Morrill,
Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Cheney and
| Spooner.
conference report was submitted by Mr.
Seweu recommeniing that the Senate adopt
he proposition OF the II )uso 10 incre,se the
annual appropriation for militia from $2)O.-
! 100 TO 100000, instead OF insisting upon the
proposition OF the Senate which fixed the
amount at 6)o.0lO. The report was agreed 10,
Some unimporsaut routine buJness was then
transacted, after which Mr.. Hoar prooseded
| % oppose tho adoptioa OF the confereuc, re-.
! port OF the Interstate Commerce BILL,
! A, $3.50 P. ", Mt Hoar having concluded
als sp2esh, senator sherman took the fl ,or
N opposition to the Iuter~Stato Commerce
! bill.
Rftor the debate, the presiding officer hav,
/ tng stated the question TO be on agreeing 70
the conference report, Mr.. Frye moved 10
recommit the report, with Instructions 20 the
Senate conferees t. insist on striking out SEQ,
tion and substituting section OF the Sem
a'e bill; also on striking out section 8 and
substituting for IL section 10 OF the Senate
bill which Is the CLAUSE authorizing the Com.
mssioners TO Investigate ihe subject OF pool.
ing, and report at some future day.
MIR, Cullom said he should regard tho vote
ON the motion 20 recommit as a test vote ON
the question. The vote was taken on the
motion TO recommit aud the motion was re.
jected--Jeas 81, nays 80.
The vote was taken alu sas conference res
port agreed to-yeas 43 nays 10
The Senate than at ll4O adjourned till
Monday
Ia the House, Mr.. Morrison Of Illinois,
from the Committee on Rules, reported n
resolution setting apart to-day aud next
Friday, after the morning hour, for the COM
sideration OF Senate bills upon the private
calendar except pension bills Adopted.
! Mr.. Caldwell, OF Tennessee. submitted the
conference report on the ELECTORAL Count
bill, and il was agreed TO without debate or
division.
/ Mr. Dibble, OF South Carolina, presented
the conference report on the bill increasing
tho appropriation for the public building at
Fort Scott, Kas., and it was agreed to. 1.-THE
increase is fixed at t4OOOOl
After the reception OF number OF com.
mittee reports the House went into Commit
tee of the Whole, Mr. Mcmillan, OF Tennes.
see, in the chair for the consideration of
Senate bills upon the private calendar.
| JANUARY l7.-Among the memorials pre-.
sented in the Senate to-day, were resolu.
tions OF the Maine Legislature I'm opposition
TO the Free Ship bill,
Mr.. Hoar, from the Select COMMITTEES on
the Centennial Of the Constitution, reported
a resolution that it is expedient that the con
tennlai anniversary Of the Inauguration Of
the Constitution be celebrated in April 1889,
by an address, 10 be delivered before tho
President Of the United States and the two
Houses Of Congress by the Chief Justice OF
the United States, 10 which the representa-
tiYes Of foreign governments shall be invited
and that the ocsasion be further celebrated
| by suitable civic or military observances,
the details thereof to be settled hereafter.
Adopted
Mr.. E1munds called attention TO a bill in,
troduced and referred TO tho Postofic, Cons
mittee providing for a Government Postal
Telegraph. He wished the Committee TO re-
port 1t either fayorably or unfavorably 80
that he might try 70 get the Judgment Of
the Senate upon IL.
The Senate then took up and pissed the
Pension Appropriation bill, Gs appropr-
ates t75, OOOOOJJ
The Army Appropriation bill was then Ia
ken up and passel
/ The House proceedings this morning were
/ opened with a motion by Mr. Rice, OF Mas
sachusetts, TO pass the bin approprlating
S25O,OOO for the erection Of public building
at Worcester. Mass, which was carried
| &r Crisp, Of Georgia, called up the Con-
ference report ON the Interstate Commerce
/ bill.
/ Mr.. Anderson raised the question OF con.
sideration, and the yeas and nays were or
dered.
The House, by a vote Of ll3 yeas to 1877
nays refused TO take up tho report 70 tho ex-
clusion Of motions to suspend the rules
| Among the bills introduced and referred
TO day was one by Mr.. lowering. OF Massa-
| chu5etts, granting a pension Of t2j per
month 10 Walt whitman. In introducing
the bin Mr. Lowering said Mr.. Whitman
had made no APP icstion for a pension, but
that Che bin was introduced at the request Of
Mr. Whitman's family
/ Mr. Kelly, Of Pennsylvania. introduced a
bill approprIating tGJJ 900 20 promote the
coIored peoples worlds exhibition to be- held
a5 Birmingham, Ala, In September next.
Referred
A motion 10 pass under su plnsioa Of the
rules the bill limiting jurisdiction Of United
States Courts in patent cases, etc, was lost.
q letter from Rspres sentative Green, Of
the Third district Of New Jersey 30 the
Speaker, was presented by Mr. McAdoo stat,
ing that he hal forwarded HE resignation 30
The Governor Of New Jersey Tabled.
DuWyG tho past year SI3 2sf psi was OK.
pended Tor educational purposes in the state
or New York or ibis amount sI1O3 9lis
was ior tachers' wages There nre W.s95